Is the Media's Excessive Use of Interrogatively Framed Headlines a Bad Reporting Habit?

Yes, yes it is. Not only does it contribute to the fallacy that every issue can/should be framed as a debate of two equal sides, but it serves as a media loophole for reporting on unsubstantiated topics not worthy of declarative coverage.
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I Don't Want To Say Goodbye For The Summer

It's beyond official: the 2009 summer movie season is over. Comparatively speaking, I'd say the 2009 season was good (not great), with a few gems surrounded by a largely mediocre slate of movies. Here's a recap of my tweet-size thoughts and grades for the movies I managed to see this summer:

* Inglourious Basterds ~ "Tarantino at his finest." [A]

* Star Trek ~ "J.J. Abrams does it again." [A]

* The Hangover ~ "Very funny...and novel unfolding of story." [A-]

* (500) Days of Summer ~ "Gordon-Levitt and Deschanel well cast." [B+]

* Bruno ~ "A solid follow-up to Borat." [B]

* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ "Mostly a bridge to final films." [B]

* Away We Go ~ "Dialogue tends to overexplain." [B-]

* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ~ "Overly complicated story." [C+]

* Angels & Demons ~ "Significantly deviates from book, to detriment of movie." [C]

(Plus, a list of summer movies I'd still like to see: Up, District 9, Food, Inc., Public Enemies, Funny People, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Terminator Salvation, Whatever Works, Julie & Julia.)

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